Ananas

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ananas \A*na"nas\, n. [Sp. ananas, from the native American
     name.] (Bot.)
     The pineapple ({Ananassa sativa}).
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  Ananas
       n 1: a genus of tropical American plants have sword-shaped leaves
            and a fleshy compound fruits composed of the fruits of
            several flowers (such as pineapples) [syn: {genus Ananas}]
       2: large sweet fleshy tropical fruit with a terminal tuft of
          stiff leaves; widely cultivated [syn: {pineapple}]